, 1887-02-03

rea.lers.
Wc let Victoria on the III OF
January. carrying With Us from that
agrt. uuIar ageeiHl customs re.sn.t.
Gbgu, ton Indians fr1m S.itai Efat..l.
3. c, who Lad been brought down On
= British ship On CHARGE d r.as
and after i,eif- sufficiently punished
we're son. home. The cGelze was Il
peculiar one. ETr. Duncan had spent
| many years IS L teacher and organ
| fzer OF q Colony Of Indians at 5iatal-
talial and me result was q matter for
[,vcra'.a comment by Il. who knew
| any thing Of the com Luuitv l.
place Of tie rude hat OF the savage.
| there TOW stands Il neat cottage COR
7,rGcred Of lumber, cEt by g ullli con
-tructcl and operated b. the Indian.
| instead g.. the 'ma3icege man."
-,iaT3uE and tearing the Ee=h oE q
human victim, like : genuine c-uni-
| bal, n CumulIaGca with 4 religious
lite. III. Duncan had built church.
! introduced Few forms Of the church
% England and service and also the
-nauiGg iUHueGcc Of music. lie e5-
| aLl>hei q shchooI IN which the
English language Is taught anJ -ha
oroEress q the pupils a=tOnisHei all
witnesses. About FIVE years ago &
Bishop Of the Church Of England
| apTeaTol On the scenc, who pro
a0sed numerous changes which
lir. Duncan believed subyersiy3 Of
III his plans and objected. The
Bishop Insisted and cluimci the
| church property, because Of assist
auce rendered to tIr. Duncan. TIE
Indian CJiCmsts,- numbering Gb1lt
one tLoasand, stood in" with their
old Eenefactor Duucan, but the
-hucch claimed the property and
brought 2 surveyor from Victoria 10
define the boundaries. These lines
seemed - cucroach on private or
"oIoniy property, and the indignant
Indians pulled up the surveyors
stakes and ''obstructed a government
survey" which led to the arrest as
above. The punished Indians have
returned home, but firmly determined
to move to some point IN Alaska
where Church and State are separate.
They seem TO prefer to lose all their
possessions in Motahkatlah in ordcr
10 obtain freedom OF conscience
st Tongas, tie first port in Alaska,
we received news Of the drowning oE
4 young missionary by the name OF
5. \. SaZlnan, who came recently with
4 young wife from Pennsylvania.
They cams TO Tongas, from which
place he went in company with a
lrayle.. 49, IL, ,,a.-,. .F I D..-- D,r-I owl
a young Indian, in canoe 10 look up
a location at which 10 establish auoth-
er school and nilsson. Beng isbseHt
beyond their time some Indians went
in search aud found the canoe and
portions Of the equippaGe Of the
Saxman party. which leaves 10 doubt
| that all were drowned The young
widow, broken hearted, arrived on the
idaho, eR route TO her old home IN
Pennsylvania
We found Juneau enYeloped in
snow but the people alive with expec
tations of large influx OF men and
capital uext spring, viii h viii make
the country '-bOom up with hew dis
cOveries and consequent prosperity.
The great quartz mill on Douglas
! Islands was shnt down for want o.
fuel, but the Idaho disgorged some
kundTods OF tons of coal fer It's use,
50 the machinery WIS ~ once put in
motion. 1t is truly mammoth con
cern, employing d little army o. men,
| abCut sixty OF whom are Indians The
output Of gold is to the public an
unknown quantity, but IS reported 10
be SO large that the stock IS held at a
nigh premium. 0ther mills Viii be
added to the Douglas I5lGnI busi-
ness eaIly next summer
We saw some very important fish
cries, but the largest is located at
Kiiisnoo, only ten hours sail T. ON
Sitka. Here we found '.grand duke"
Karl Spubn in charge, and a great
enterprise it is. The principal bust
ness is taking the herring FOR the oil .
The yield the past fishing season is
| about 10000 barrels Of pressed oil
The works are located on & small
island, and the fish taken in contigu-
Gus bays and inlets. The herring are
so numerous that as high as 5000
barrels were taken in one day during
the past season. Tho enterprise IS
owned and controlled in Portland,
Oregon.
Arriving at Sitka VIC fouDl The old
Russian city clad in garb OF snow
but high temperature, the theTmo-
meter i9ai!uS around freezing point.
All of the goyernnet officials, except
Gov. Swiueford, were ION deck, and
joined the p0pulace in welcoming the
steamer. on which they Gcpend for
maii, which reaches them only once Il
month. The population is about 2GG0,
but mostly Russians and Indians.
Judge Dawson, Gel. Bail, e.. $.
attorney, U. $. Marshal Atkins. Acting
Governor Eewis, and Col. French,
collector Of customs. all appeared in
good health and most cheerful over
news OF general peace and harmony
IN TIE outside world"
Capt. john McCailerty, the newly
appointed collector OF customs for the
district OF ALASKA, was L passenger on
the Idaho AJ Juneau committee
waited On him presenting a letter Of
congratuiaticn aud an Invitation to Il
pubic reception, signed By large
number OF Gitizens. The time was
too short, and tho captain was obliged
to decline the reception. On our
arrival at Siika the friends of the
captain receigd him in most friend
ly manner, ard it was specially pleas
ing TO him that he should b3 so
warmly welcomed 10y that prince of
| good fellows and cultivated gentle
man, Col. French, whom be camo to
relieve The captain was indueted
into office on Monday, the 24th, the
day after our arrival.
The passengers on the Idaho, as
well as I'll who have business az the
varion5 posts with tie ship, ali vote
Captain Carroll a prince OF genial,
whole sou!ed nayigators. White he
never loses sight Of business, lie never
loses his temper, cheerfully answers
ali sorts OF questions, and at his
moments d leisure strives to maize all
board happy. lie is justly popular
with travellers.
Robert McPha died on board the
Idaho GA the night of January &c. b.
The body WAS placed in a coffin made
by the ships carpenter and brought
to Fort ICuEGS, where at the hour Cf